Past Event: Special Event | Tribute to Rumi

Drawing of Rumi

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Location: St. Thomas Moore Center
268 Park Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Open to: General public

Admission: Free

Description: Tribute to Rumi: A Night of Remembrance, Meditation, and Healing. Special Guest Sh. Bapak Waleed

Presented with the Office for Diversity & Equal Opportunity, MSA

Join us for an evening of Remembrance, Meditation and Healing.  Special Guest Sh. Bapak Waleed will lead the group in a session of meditative zikr, as well as perform and demonstrate the sacred movements of whirling in honor of Rumi, the great mystic poet who lived 800 years ago in Central Asia.  The evening will include poetry and video presentations, and an opportunity for participants to learn the movements.  Refreshments will be served.